Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-10-20
EDITION.
a spoeH Eight Feet nigh.

BELvIpERE, N. j. Oot. 19.-rbe ex.
element over the nocturnal rambles OF
{ eight foot ghost. VIC exploits
m 70 been chrouicled In the newspaI ers
continues undated. The sppari ion
has ba. n seen almost nightly, bus his
eho. ,hip chooses the plscs OF hts ap-
pearsnco with such care that only w.
men srd .nall boys are favored sith q
wee of | 10 .hacosy form. Miss LIZZIE
n insyre IN It the thing while return
1, from the store laden with weekly
1urcn ses aud Was go badly frightened
shat ehs lost all her p1rchases
Az las. lke rulsanI "a eeosne so ereat
that some int Ieola! men secured TOO
services q De +cIive Etws,d Huichln-
sop. MIR. Hutch uson Is young msn,
Int has reputation TOR fearleesness
aai s.yscty second 70 none IN Tue STATE.
HecIu. ut sight OF the thing on sevessi
pccasions, but 81 slch distapo % that IL
was i'm possible TO follow 1t. o. Mon
day night, however, be saw 1t near the
residence OF Mr.. Kist, on Water street.
Hs followed IL for a long distances out Of
town, but just when laying plans To
m AXE q capture IL mysterioosly disap-
peared Hutchinson was noppl USED {,
aud q though not Ct a sIpert titious ma
70. htiii 10 Ebyc ~ "No ~
tnat l felt nervous over the way he
went out OF sight"
Last night, with q trusted friend, the
de,.c i've went TO the place where his
ghostship had disappeared. THIS was
about y mile out OF town, along the
banks Of the PeQuest creek. BotlOSing
up the banks OF the creek about half a
mile, he saw sometbius shine ueae the
waters edge on the opposite side. Find.
ing DO boat. he aud his friend waded
the stream nsd at the foot OF a steep
bank, Oversrown with shrubbery. they
disco yered O small pisce OF phosphoIous
which shone with tiokiy yelioTish
hue, For some time they found moth
ing further, but, partly ascending the
back, they saw an opening in the
bushes. Throwing the light OF their
buil'ssye, they saw IL Was . small pas.
sageway. snfh siS0tly large for person
TO enter.
with lantern nbltze and revolver
cooked Eui chiuson welt inward, his
friend staudlLR guard outside. He fol-
lowed the ole for about Eve feet, when
1t opened into natural cham Der Abous
twelve feet high aud six ty eight fee
In the bottom. at last the rttreat Of
the 'gbosl" wss found.
A Q. arch was then Instituted and Q
most promiscu1u Jus sollec ion OF ghostly
parapherpatia came 10 Light Fra
they saw small oil stove, on which
was boiling q pot OF herbs. BY III
aide OF the stove was o large paper o.
briuetot Q, 10 fact birthstone WAS scat
tered over everything. Some Mad evi
dently b .eh en- the stove, ss HItchin
sop SAID the place smslt like tie infer
M regions itseI. A package OF pbor
phoFus, oat OF which tie place thst i;
to the di.covery OF ths deu had hetr
taken, was placed Oeti1e the brims.oue
Aud then they iound IN n corner 10
of sheebiug, several mGsEs, some wo
meas dresses. sp old pair Of trouser
and two skutls. Ia ole OF the sku.is
stick wac Gtted.
Tbs Cfi GERS will secura reinforce
ments sBd Try and c1pture tie mis-
creant while IN his hole. | Is al;nOs
certain that IL lie scme hS.f.denenie
person who ha. bsen doing tome cd
Jobs about town.